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Fab's Top 10 Looks From NYFW, Day 3

Brittney Stephens — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 23:57:59 PST

Day three is done, and we've seen a bevy of beautiful dresses, chunky Fall knits, and standout accessories. Alexander Wang gave us his classic mix of loungewear and formalwear, Jill Stuart mixed it up with watercolor fox prints, and Charlotte Ronson's chunky layers have us excited to bundle up. Click through for the 10 looks that caught our eye today.

Our Favorite Looks From Fashion Week So Far: Day 3

BellaSugar — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 20:30:00 PST

Fashion Week continues on pace, and even though it's Saturday, there's still plenty to see. Designers Jill Stuart and Prabal Gurung, who are known for their innovative shapes and technique, had their shows, which brought cleaner, more classically styled looks to the fore. It was a particularly pretty and polished day, with a few fun 1990s throwback exceptions, so check out what the shows had in store.

15 of Our Favorite Looks From Fashion Week So Far

BellaSugar — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 07:00:00 PDT

Can you believe that Fashion Week is halfway over? The last few days have shown us some truly beautiful new looks that we're really excited about, and we can't wait to see what the rest of the week has in store. We've gathered 15 of the most outstanding, so be sure to check out the preview of what's to come in 2011.

Anthropologie Has Your HP Vivienne Tam Digital Clutch

GeekSugar — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 03:47:29 PDT

Are you aching to get your hands on an HP Vivienne Tam Butterfly Lovers netbook? You aren't the only one! Although HP has quick links to third-party retailers that sell the designer digital clutch (Walmart, Amazon, and Buy.com) I stumbled upon the 2GB RAM/250GB hard drive version over at Anthropologie for $598.

Recently featured in Sex and the City 2, this compact computer is fun, fabulous, totally functional, and will probably fit in all those tiny tote bags you have shoved in your closet!

Samantha Takes Her HP Mini on the Road in SATC 2

GeekSugar — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 09:30:12 PDT

HP announced their partnership and costarring role in Sex and the City 2 his morning, and now this latest photo from the film reveals Samantha feverishly packing (or unpacking?) with her ultra-stylish Vivienne Tam Butterfly Lovers HP Mini in tow. It's no surprise that the designer digital clutch is making a cameo in the fashion-forward film, since all of the Sex gals love their labels. I wonder if Samantha has the Monster earphones to match?

See more images of the film, including Samantha's TouchSmart PC, just keep reading!

Exclusive: Vivienne Tam Working on New Projects With HP

GeekSugar — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 10:00:09 PDT

It's obvious I'm a fan of Project Runway, so it should come as no surprise that I jumped at the chance to mingle with the contestants of the show and chat about their new-found love for technology during a NYC meet-and-greet sponsored by HP. Along for the ride? The one and only Vivienne Tam, whose work with HP has produced two stunning examples of how fashionable technology can really be.

I got some face-to-face time with the designer and spoke with her about how technology inspires her work, and if she'll be continuing her relationship with HP (spoiler: she is!). Check out my interview below!

On how technology affects her designs: I can’t live without technology every day. I use computers every day to generate my prints. I take pictures, I scan something that I love and blur it on the computer to make my prints.

To see what she has to say about being a technology geek, and about her future projects, just

How things started with HP: It was one and a half years ago, HP came to me because they wanted to do a woman’s computer. You look at a computer, and it’s all male dominated - like the gray color, black, steel colors. You need to take care of the woman, the fashionable woman. We need to bring fashion to technology and think of femininity too.
On future tech endeavors: People think that I’m a fashion-tech person or something, I love it. Together with HP we launched this fashion-and-technology a year and half ago. It’s a new trend.
On if there'll be more things to come with HP: We’re continuing, we can’t say it at this moment!

Stay tuned for Project Runway's Jay and Seth Aaron's thoughts on fashion and technology a bit later this week!

Source: Flickr user hp_pc

HP Taking Orders For Vivienne Tam Netbook, Launches Mar. 19

GeekSugar — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:00:48 PST

We first saw the second-edition Vivienne Tam HP Mini netbook on the runway last year at Fashion Week, but you'll finally be able to pick one up for yourself this month! The limited edition Butterfly Lovers HP Mini 210 is ready for pre-orders starting today and will be flying onto shelves beginning Mar. 19 with a $600 price tag. There's a few matching accessories you can snatch up as well, like the wireless mouse seen here ($40, also available Mar. 19), along with the Vivienne Tam Monster headphones ($200), which debuted in NYC last month.

We already know that the outside is a work of art but want to know what's running on the inside? Find out, and see more images when you

The Butterfly Lovers netbook is perfect for your mobile life, weighing in at just 2.7 pounds, and coming with HP Mini 210 innards: a 10.1 inch LED widescreen display, 5.5 hours of battery life, up to a 320GB hard drive, and 2GB of memory on a Windows 7 OS. Plus, it's fitted with the signature HP Mini keyboard (which is 93 percent the size of a normal QWERTY), and a VGA webcam that turns into a mirror at the push of a button so you can freshen up on the fly. Additionally, Butterfly lovers will get to play around with Monster's Beats Audio software, which we saw first on the Envy 15 model last year.

You can pre-order your designer Mini today online or take your chances and wait until Mar. 19 to grab yours at Amazon, Neiman Marcus, or Best Buy!

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Vivienne Tam Debuts Her Butterfly Headphones

GeekSugar — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:45:00 PST

During her Spring 2010 show, Vivienne Tam wowed us with her second edition HP Mini netbook design, and at CES, Monster announced a partnership with the designer to bring us a stylish pair of headphones to rock out to. A designer that's as into tech as she is fashion? Be still my heart. Today, Vivienne unveiled those headphones in NY, which brings her beautiful HP "Butterfly Lovers" design to your ears.

Appropriately dubbed Butterfly ($200), these high performance headphones bring you the bangin' sound quality you expect from Monster, with a sweet brushed gold design and matching carrying case for you style fiends. In addition to a great look, Butterfly offers a great fit with multiple sizes of in-ear tips that will let you customize for your ears - we all know how annoying it is when your expensive earbuds don't fit! The Butterfly headphones are available to purchase online now.

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Four Designers With New Furniture Collections

CasaSugar — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:00:54 PST

The Fashion Week darlings may not be impressed to hear that four designers have new collections all at the same time. But in the interior design world, it's like the stars have aligned. In this case, a fashion designer, a television personality, a textile designer, and a prominent interior designer have all debuted furniture collections that you're going to be aching to get your hands on. Check out this slideshow to see who!

How I'd Wire: The Fashion Fiend

GeekSugar — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 05:47:13 PST

Labels and love, that's what it's all about. Well, according to Fergie, anyway. If you've got a fashion hound in your midst (or have willingly become a slave to your favorite designer), have no fear - you can still geek out with your gadgets and look good doing it.